Alert archive / Louisiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Lake Charles, LA
NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 6, 1995, 8:55 AM CST for LaSalle Parish, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 1995, 8:55 AM CST (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 1995, 10:00 AM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lake Charles, LA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaSalle Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 9:40 AM CST | Tornado F1 | Rogers To 1 E, LA | A tornado moving along an intermittent path downed numerous trees and power lines at Rodgers, Nebo and 2 NW Whitehall. Residents of a mobile home had moved to safety before it was over turned. U.S. Highway 84 and LA 127 were blocked by fallen trees. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 955 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 590 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLCH 061457 RRA SVRLCH LAC059-079-061600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 855 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL LOUISIANA ...LA SALLE PARISH...RAPIDES PARISH AT 857 AM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 20 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. RE MAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 4:13 AM CST, 4 hours 42 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-061315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 413 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES ACROSS EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... PATCHY DENSE FOG FORMING THROUGHOUT EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT VISIBILITIES TO BE AS LOW AS 1 MILE IN SOME OF THE LOW LYING AREAS. PLEASE EXCERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING...ROADS ARE WET FROM DRIZZLE CAUSING SLICK DRIVING CONDITIONS. REMEMBER TO USE YOUR LOW BEAMS...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IF VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED FURTHER A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. EVANS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 6:12 AM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-061415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 612 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...FOG LIFTING OVER EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO LIFT THE DENSE FOG OVER SOUTHEA TEXAS INTO A UNIFORM LAYER OF LOW CLOUDS...WITH SURFACE VISIBILITIES INCREASING DRAMATICALLY AT JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT. A FEW AREAS OF PATCHY FOG EXIST IN THE LOWER LYING REGIONS...HOWEVER CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. EVANS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jan 6, 6:25 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
TXZ165-201-181-215-182-152-216-167-166-180-061330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORT ARTHUR TX 625 AM CST FRI JAN 6 1995 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS... AT 600 AM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LAKES AREA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS. EVANS NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 60 min |
| Jan 6, 7:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Rapides | 27 min |
| Jan 6, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Avoyelles | 67 min |
| Jan 6, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Vernon | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 8:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 57 min |
| Jan 6, 9:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis | 57 min |
| Jan 6, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Grant | 59 min |
| Jan 6, 9:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | LaSalle | 32 min |
| Jan 6, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Acadia, Lafayette | 29 min |
| Jan 6, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Lafayette, Vermilion | 50 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.